MENTAL TRAFFIC

So many priorities!

2009-07-01T23:34:00.000-07:00

I have not posted any art due to the fact that I have been so busy creating it.
Staying focused has been my number on priority and the constant need to find more work has taken its priority over everything else right now.
With yet another trip planned for San Diego my portfolio preparation is another priority I am dealing with.
Constantly updating my websites is a lot of work so I have decided to post on the first of every month.
Thanks for your support and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Erik

Heading West!

2008-07-23T16:05:00.000-07:00

Man its been a while since i have hit this blog up so i thought today would be that day. I anxiously await my flight to San Diego, California for many reasons and at the same time i cant wait to get back to Dallas so i can get back to work!

This has truly been a remarkable year for me and i cant wait to see what the future has in store for me. I have been working so hard that i feel guilty taking a vacation but at the same time know that i will also serve to clear up my mind and give me time to focus on my future goals wich include becoming a better artist and learning new tools to expand my skill sets!

I will try to update this blog more as i prepare to do a ton of artwork in the coming months so stay tuned!

Doctor Jones

2008-04-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

i did this piece this morning at 6 am. nuff said!

Team Fortress 2

2008-04-11T13:50:00.000-07:00

i have not had a chance to play this game at all but the characters are so cool and well designed that i enjoyed doing this piece more than i probably should have!

love somebody yall!

Throwd up!

2008-04-11T13:43:00.000-07:00

i decided to color up some of the art i had for the cast of my upcoming comic book entitled "Throwd". The truth is that i just wanted to test out some of the painting skills i have been giving by the cool peeps i work with at the Lizard!

to be continued!

Christmas Love!

2007-12-21T13:03:00.000-08:00

I got Christmas love from Tessa at the j.o.b! Full Throttle is in reference to my daily consumption of this energy drink, which is also partly the secret to my success!!!!!Love Somebody Y'all!

erockalipse 2k7!

Eccentricity

2007-12-03T01:20:00.000-08:00

Yes there is surely something eccentric about me, after several long years of working regular and not to mention dead in jobs i am finally were i feel i should be in a job that allows me to be as creative as i need and want to. I have been doing alot of color study of late and decided to hook up this piece which is actually a promotional piece for my upcoming Hoodratz in Space comic book due out mid 2008, featuring its lovely leading lady ms. Starlynn Katane. Hope you enjoy and look for more soon!

Gorilla Fighter

2007-11-30T20:20:00.000-08:00

this is just the first glance at my gorilla fighter character "Ambia", i was just playing around with photoshop and added all the other elements into this sketch...i will continue to revamp her until the final piece and i plan to keep updating this site with its progress!

RENEGADE

2007-11-28T11:12:00.000-08:00

Well it has been several weeks since i started my conceptual artist job and i have learned so much thanks to the incredibly talented people i am blessed to work with on a daily basis. I have made so many discoveries about myself as an artist and i am pleased to say that im very proud of what i am doing so far and i feel pretty good about were my career is headed. You never know what you are capable of doing until you are given the oppurtunity to do your best and i believe that is what a person like me lives for, that chance to prove yourself worth, to be able to show your skills to the world, to embrace your element and make good with it. I used to sit up late at night in bed drawing on whatever paper i could find and i would grab what ever would give me the power to put my ideas on that paper, and one night i decided to use a pen...yep a ball point pen and i loved it but i was afraid to do any work with it in fear of not conforming to whatever tools were usually used in whatever art field i was in, well that was a long time ago and recently at my job i have started to pull out my secret weapon and go against the grain, using what i feel comfortable with and not trying to conform and doing my thing...as a RENEGADE!

Quick sketch done in ball-point pen!

the GENERAL mentality

2007-11-27T18:08:00.000-08:00

I believe i can change the world with my art and i sometimes wonder if thats a good thing or not. I did not learn my art the way some would have had the luxury to do, my art is still growing and has a thirst all of its own..i cannot stop its hunger for knowledge its over powering desire to learn, its haunting ambition to be better, it compells me to goto my concept design job every day seeking out new visions and desperately anticipates the next day for more. I believe my art has a mind of its own and has of late been determined to take over my life, i believe my art is taking its revenge on me for not allowing it to breathe freely in my music days, my characters speak to me...most selfishly upset because i have not finished thier comic or there conceptual design, my friends are finally rewarded for pushing me to be all that i could be and more, but this beast within me i call my art is never happy and never satisfied it wants to declare war on my soul making me its soldier and it becoming my relentless leader..my GENERAL!

Gold digger X-mas Pin-up 2007!

here is the fun pin-up i just did for Antarctic Press Comics out in good ole San Antonio...i really enjoy doing stuff with Lee Duhig and the guys...Happy Christmas!